Johnson Manuscript page (loose sheet) - print of archer from le Clerc's 'Principes de dessein' (recto)
Maker
(etcher)
1637-1714
Copy after
(artist)
1452-1519
1637-1714
Copy after
(artist)
1452-1519
Title
Johnson Manuscript page (loose sheet) - print of archer from le Clerc's 'Principes de dessein' (recto)
Date of Production
1721 and ?
Medium
etching (recto and verso) on laid paper, the recto print on a separate sheet trimmed and hinged at the upper left corner to the page
Dimensions
Height: 21.1 cm (whole page)
Width: 13.4 cm (whole page)
Width: 13.4 cm (whole page)
Accession Number
MS.1978.PG.1.117
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
engraving (printing process)
Provenance
possibly Albert Rubens (1614-1657); bought by Captain Maurice Johnson, 1742/44 for his father, Maurice Johnson Sr., Spalding (1688-1755); by descent in Johnson and Marsden families; W.A. Marsden (book-plate, 1897); Christopher Marsden (bookplate, 1930); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 23-24 March, 1970, lot 179; purchased there via Maggs Bros. (London) by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£2,600); Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Literature
Rubens. The Power of Transformation, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna, 2017-18
cat. no. 28
cat. no. 28
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner of plate, printed in black: “36“. Verso: upper right corner, printed in black: “front p. 113.“; lower right corner of plate, printed in black: “11“.
Inscription: Recto: lower right corner of plate, printed in black: “36“. Verso: upper right corner, printed in black: “front p. 113.“; lower right corner of plate, printed in black: “11“.
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